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Saddened by yet another loss in his life, the hole left by Brom is filled with a new stranger named Murtagh, who agrees to help Eragon on his quest for his own reasons which he won't tell Eragon…or us—boo! Things go well until Eragon is captured by a bunch of monsters, called Urgals, who work for the king. Eragon gets locked up, but Murtagh helps to break him out.

In their escape, they also rescue an elf named Arya natch , whom Eragon has seen in his dreams. Just one problem: she's unconscious. Meanwhile, Eragon is attacked by an evil magician or Shade named Durza.

Not to worry: Murtagh shoots Durza in the face with an arrow muahaha … but we're not sure if he's really dead. Are you exhausted from all the excitement? Too bad, there's more.

After the escape, the group is chased all the way across the Hadarac Desert and into the gigantic Boer Mountains. There they find protection with a rebel group called the Varden, who are working with the elves and the dwarves to unseat the king and bring down the alliance.

Sounds great, right? But—oops—turns out Eragon and Co. It's not all bad, though for us, at least. Even with her reaching out to him, Eragon is in a fowl mood, something that she can also feel through their link. Eventually, he says Saphira and she accepts the name, happy with the sound of it. Eragon is worried about the upcoming changes and discusses them at length with Saphira. The two become much closer as they have intelligent conversations and Saphira displays her wisdom.

Wanting to reveal her to his family, Eragon is cautioned to be wary by Saphira because of how they might react. On the night Roran is to leave, Eragon almost tells his cousin about Saphira, but decides against it, worried about how busy his cousin already is with his packing.

The next morning, Roran and Eragon leave for Carvahall, waving goodbye to Garrow as he offers words of wisdom for Eragon and money for Roran. The blacksmith pulls Eragon aside and asks him about the blue stone, warning him that two odd men were looking for a similar stone and that Eragon should be rid of it. Horst tells Eragon that no one betrayed him for having the stone but that he should be wary as the strangers gave him a bad feeling.

After hugging his cousin and waving goodbye, Eragon overhears Sloan speaking to two hissing voices about an incidence that happened 3 months ago. After some threats by the two voices and reassurances by Sloan, the two turn to see Eragon and begin approaching them with their swords unsheathing. He asks one more time about the trader who offered so much information about dragons. Eragon is unable to answer any questions though. He runs off before Brom can say anything.

Eragon runs home quickly and finds his uncle outside, near the barn. He decides to go to Saphira first, to show his uncle and make sure he believes him. As he approaches her, she becomes agitated by the news of the strangers and the smell of blood.

Eragon climbs on her back and she flies away, unable to calm down. Eragon clings for his life as she flies high above the woods, making him sick. He tries to get her to return but in her fright, she refuses angrily. She flies all the way to the Spine and when he finally falls to the snow from her back, he is in horrible pain. When he questions why she took him away, she tells him the strangers were killers and he becomes angry that his uncle is in danger.

Tired and hungry, Eragon asks to be returned home. She is still frightened, but his angry accusations force her to take him back. When they finally return, the farm is in ruins and Saphira immediately sense the horrors that have occurred. They dig through the rubble and finally find Garrow, unearthing him of the rubble. His body is horribly burned and oozing. She drops him off near the town and Eragon begins to drag Garrow toward the town. Finally Brom arrives, running towards them, and Eragon collapses.

While still passed out Eragon sees silver haired men with lances boarding a ship and dragons flying above. Garrow is not getting any better and Eragon has been unconscious himself for more than 2 days. She presses Eragon for answers about what happened on the farm, the entire village being curious about it as well as asking about his scar from the egg. They are going to have to leave the village for a while.

Eragon wakes in the middle of the night with the sensation that something horrible has happened only to find that Garrow is dead. His grief is overwhelming and he cries and thinks on his losses in life, comforted by Elain. Overhearing Horst say to someone that Eragon is hiding things from him, he decides to leave to purse the killers. Eragon figures that Brom is someone other than a storyteller, but cannot get more information from him.

The next day, Brom takes it upon himself to cut and measure a saddle for Saphira. When he finishes they decide to leave the next day and find horses as they cannot both ride Saphira. Brom begins training Eragon as well, attacking him with a stick and knocking him out, as Eragon is completely unprepared for the attack.

The two continue traveling, passing the mountain range on the outskirts of Therinsford and settling down to camp outside the village for the evening, practicing sword fighting more. The next day, the three set out across the plains, putting Saphira high into the air to stay hidden.

They decide to travel to Yazuac along the split in the trail and they experience the heat and dry wind of the plains. On the third day, the three encounter a massive storm heading their way, knocking Saphira about with its powerful wind.

She is thrown to the ground, nearly injuring Eragon. Saphira is uninjured by the storm, but before they are fully recovered another cloud is upon them, bringing rain and lightning. Eragon and Brom arrive at and enter the village of Yazuac, leaving Saphira outside to hide something she does not appreciate.

The village is silent when they arrive though, setting both men on edge. In the center of the village are piled the dead bodies of all of the townspeople, including babies. Eragon vomits in disgust and Brom relates his own thoughts, that it must have been done by Urgals. After checking the prints in the ground, Brom urges them to leave, telling Eragon to run. As they flee, Eragon is knocked from his horse and dragged to the ground by an Urgal. Another one attacks Brom who does a decent job of fighting it off, urging Eragon to run.

Running from the Urgal, Eragon tries to shoot him with his bow, but the arrow is knocked away. In the ensuing chase, Eragon is knocked down repeatedly but still manages to escape, grabbing Brom along the way, who has been shot in the arm. After saving Brom from another Urgal, Eragon is stuck in an alley, faced by two of the creatures. Eragon finds Brom bleeding from his wound and Saphira arrives, angry at the attack.

Later on, after ruminating on the magic he has used, the three discuss what was done wrong. Brom reveals that he does in fact know some magic himself. Brom tells Eragon not to mess with magic on his own though, that it is dangerous and will harm him if musused. If a powerful word is used by a weak user, it will kill them. As the three continue to travel through the woods, Brom explains that he will have to teach Eragon himself the ways of the Dragon Rider as there is no more formal training.

Though no rider as young as Eragon has used magic before, Brom will hand him tasks to solve that require magic, in the same manner as Dragon Riders that came before. He explains the workings of the words used to invoke magic as well, how they are very specific and must be used properly. Eragon quizzes Brom about the capabilities of magic, with Brom reassuring him of the dangers of overreaching with his power. The first task is to keep a pebble floating in the air.

His scar glows and he is able to keep the pebble floating. Magic is also apparently affected by the distance a rider is from the target. The rest of the day is spent with the pebble and at the end of the day, Brom gives him more words to memorize and they spar more with their sticks. As time passes, Eragon continues to study and practice and grow stronger, while Saphira grows bigger and more powerful.

The next village they approach, they do so much more cautiously. Daret is on the Ninor River and when they enter it, it is also empty. However, as they are leaving, they are accosted by sixty men with bows.

The man who stops them, named Trevor, tells them how the Urgals threaten them and request Brom to carry a message that they need help from the empire. Brom reveals to Eragon after they leave the man that he can read thoughts and that they are okay in Daret. He gives Eragon the task of trying the same trick. Brom tells him that he will also need to learn the ability to block others from reading his thoughts.

They get their supplies and return to Saphira who is annoyed that they keep getting in trouble. The night ends once more with the two sparring and Brom soundly thrashing Eragon. The next day Eragon decides to take Saphira for a ride. Brom advises him to use his mind and hold on carefully. She is not only stronger than before but has more maneuvers and does them without him telling her. He finally relaxes and is able to enjoy the ride. He realizes that it must have come from far away, so they decide to travel to a coastal town to ask around.

Brom tells him that they must travel to Teirm, with Eragon riding Saphira on alternating days during the trip. During the trip Brom teaches even more to Eragon, including information about where they are headed, how to kill something with magic by shooting a rock, as well as more of the Elfin language and information to help care for Saphira.

It takes another two days of traveling the woods near the Spine before the two reach the coast, only days from Teirm. The climate and area there are different as the ground turns to moss and mud. Eragon stops riding Saphira and rides the horse instead as they approach civilization and the two take on adopted names — Neal for Brom and Evan for Eragon.

Brom will meet up with an old friend, Jeod when they reach Teirm. The city of Teirm is guarded and walled in, and Saphira must wait far outside the city while they go inside.

A man in the bar they visit, Martin, speaks up with information though before they are forced to pay for it. He informs them of the attacks on the shipping vessels and everyone being on edge.

He also informs them of Jeod and where to find him. They soon leave the tavern and head to the better half of the city. She appears mentally unbalanced at first, raving about toads. The two men are very vague about the past, not revealing anything to Eragon as he eavesdrops on the conversation. Brom decides they will rest before searching further and soon they send Eragon outside so they can discuss what are likely more secret matters.

Brom tells Jeod about Saphira as well, and Jeod tells Brom that his services are needed by his employers. They discuss the dwarves and their hiding place, and that there must be a traitor in their midst giving up information about the goods. Despite everything he hears, Eragon is still confused, and keeps his eavesdropping secret. The three men later go to a tavern and sit for a while, enjoying the evening before he returns to Saphira outside the city. She is unhappy that he left her alone for so long.

Brom decides to add the task of literacy to his training while in Teirm. Before bed, Eragon asks if he can conjure images of places far away, wanting to see his cousin Roran. He enters the shop and runs into Solembum, a werecat who he can communicate with. The cat knows he is a rider and the two are confrontational until Angel arrives. She sense immediate danger in his future as well though and imminent death, as well as an epic romance. She warns of a betrayal from within his family, though Eragon is unsure why Roran would betray him.

Solembum gives him another message as he leaves, to look for a weapon under the roots of a Menoa tree, as well as directions to a rock of Kuthian to regain his powers should they disappear. Brom is upset later because he was unable to gain access to the records, so decides that he has only one week to teach Eragon how to read and return.

The following days are spent learning the alphabet and letter sounds; the evenings filled with sparring. During their stay, they learn of more missing ships and murders in the city. After a week of practicing, Brom decides Eragon knows enough to help him with the shipping records.

That night, while sleeping, Eragon has a dream of a young woman in a cell, crying and in pain. He wakes himself in tears and upset by the dream. The next day, the three men leave for the government castle. They succeed this time with lies and reach the room consisting of the scrolls they need to study. As they search through the records, Solembum appears to Eragon as a small boy and asks whether they need help.

They arrive and question them about being near the records and they once again lie, saying they are lost. He finally reveals the information Eragon seeks though, telling him that there is a war and that Brom is an agent for the Varden, the rebel group fighting against the Empire.

Both sides want control over the next dragon rider, which happens to be Eragon. There are two more dragon eggs, each held by the evil King, and that the next two riders will be loyal to the king. He created the Varden , the rebel state, killed a primary member of the forsworn known as Morzan, and rescued one of the three unhatched dragon eggs from Galbatorix—Saphira's egg.

Saphira's final gift to Brom was encasing his body in a diamond sandstone tomb. The new company of three Eragon, Murtagh and Saphira travel in search of the hidden Varden. On the way Eragon has many dreams about an elf , all of which feature her suffering great pain. Ultimately, Eragon is captured and imprisoned in the same prison where the elf is being held captive.

Murtagh and Saphira stage a daring rescue and Eragon escapes with the elf. But this does not happen without incident. Eragon and Murtagh have a face-off with the Shade , Durza, one of the most powerful creatures in the land. The new Dragon Rider faces many perils on his way to the Varden, specifically the army of Urgals at their heels. Eragon communicates with the elf through their minds, and finds out that her name is Arya and that she knows the way to the Varden.

He also discovers that the Shade, Durza , poisoned Arya during her time in captivity. Only a special plant can save her, and it is located near the Varden's hideout in the mountains. In a matter of days, the elf, Arya, could die. Eragon, Saphira, and Murtagh race against the clock to arrive at the Varden before the poison takes effect and kills Arya.

Murtagh is reluctant to go and is forced to reveal that he is the son of Morzan , one of the dreaded Forsworn. Brom killed Morzan while stealing Saphira's egg from Galbatorix, and took his sword, the same sword he gave to Eragon. Murtagh's mother is also dead. Then they are rescued by Orik , a dwarf , and a bald man. The group is at last able to rest, but the invasion by the army of Urgals is imminent.

An intercepted message from Galbatorix confirms their fears that the king is involved. Murtagh is locked up by Ajihad , the leader of the Varden , because Murtagh would not let the twins look into his mind, as he is Morzan's son. Orik is appointed Eragon and Saphira's guide. Eragon blesses a baby in the elves' magical language. Arya is healed. The bald man and his twin brother search Eragons mind, for anything that would betray the Varden. Eragon meets many key people, like Hrothgar , king of the dwarves, and Ajihad's daughter, Nasuada.

Suddenly Urgals attack. Murtagh is allowed to fight. In a battle that follows, the seemingly endless army of Urgals are poised to take the fortress, before Eragon realizes that the Shade, Durza, who he recently encountered, is leading the army. Eragon engages Durza in an intense sword duel, in which Durza gains the upper hand, only for Eragon to outwit and kill him, but at a price: he suffers a terrible magically cursed wound on his back that leaves him disfigured, and a great Star Sapphire sacred to the dwarves was destroyed by Arya and Saphira to distract the Shade.

The Varden's forces oust the remaining Urgals. As the story ends at the close of the battle, Eragon has a vision from an elf called Togira Ikonoka The Cripple Who is Whole and will go under his tutoring in the sequel, Eldest. Prologue: Shade of Fear. There are a few parts of the inside book that may be publicized, including the two pieces of art, the dedication and an excerpt. This book is dedicated to my mom, for showing me the magic in the world; to my dad, for revealing the man behind the curtain.

And also to my sister, Angela, for helping me when I'm "blue". This is a copy of the excerpt. Click [show] to read its contents. The original excerpt may be found here. Around him shuffled twelve Urgals with short swords and round iron shields painted with black symbols. They resembled men with bowed legs and thick, brutish arms made for crushing. A pair of twisted horns grew above their small ears. The monsters hurried into the brush, grunting as they hid. Soon the rustling quieted and the forest was silent again.

The Shade peered around a thick tree and looked up the trail. It was too dark for any human to see, but for him the faint moonlight was like sunshine streaming between the trees; every detail was clear and sharp to his searching gaze. He remained unnaturally quiet, a long pale sword in his hand.

A wire-thin scratch curved down the blade. The weapon was thin enough to slip between a pair of ribs, yet stout enough to hack through the hardest armor. The Urgals could not see as well as the Shade; they groped like blind beggars, fumbling with their weapons.

An owl screeched, cutting through the silence. Eragon is fifteen years and eleven months old. Murtagh is eighteen years and nine months old. Pompilio Bensinger Explainer.

How many chapters are in Eldest? Eldest Characters:. Chapter Elva. Chapter Resurgence. Chapter Why Do You Fight? Chapter Black Morning Glory. Chapter The Nature of Evil. Chapter Image of Perfection. Chapter The Obliterator. Chapter Narda.

Rumyanka Klinkeis Explainer. How many words are in the book eldest? Christopher Paolini. Word Count. Estimate based on audiobook length. Suanne Suena Pundit. What happens in the book eldest? The story is the continued adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira, centering on their journey to the realm of the Elves in order to further Eragon's training as a Dragon Rider.